The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-15
WaATHHI. PEOPLE Want.
A SQUARE CRSDIrABLE TO LIVE
AND GROWING MEMPHIS.
Personal Issues Left In the Back
grOund-The Commit tee Who
Can Take Hold.

"You are rather severe on Rogers
in the plea for the redemption of
Court Square," remarked conserve
tive, honorable old gentleman to an
APPEAL reporter yesterday.
Don't zee how" Clipped in the
APPEAL man. "The criticisms OF his
management have been made on that
line alone, with not the faintest
shading on hi, individuality. It 10
simply protest against retaining him,
with his old fogy ideas end poor judg.
ment, In the capacity Of chief lord Of
the realm. Pers,nslly, Rogers may be
sll right, and even II he ia not, the AP.
PEAL has o Ter RETAINED from personal
journalism, Is that too severe, or in
other words, do you consider him the
msn for the placer"
1.-THE dickens-a hundred times no.
But the old SEXTON az you term him,
has q great deal OF confidence in me,
aud wherever We meet he pours his
troubles into my ear. am a mem.
Der OF the Old Folks Society, and fire..
quently came In contact with him
when ne presided over Winchester
cemetery. In this instance the nat
urally kind hearted keeper ie laboring
under the impression that the Ar.
PEAL's opposition to him is because
OF q personal Misunderstanding be-
tween one CT the editors ard himself
in fact, be offers that rs the explain
alton"
This was q revelation, and the re-
porter had nothing more 10 say on
the subject, until he had cone ulted
with every man on the staff except
the one now absent from the city.
From inquiries II was learned that
only TWO II hem Lad ever pas, ed @
word with the keeper, and durir z tho
whole period OF their acquaintance
not the elightest jar bad occurred. Az
Tor the writer, while be bad the pleas
ure OF reading viliainous note from
the unfortunate gentleman, iis origin
IVES attributed n the authors head
and not bis heart. II was therefore
trested az production call.
ing Tor nothing but got d
natured laughter. During the
aiterOoon the tame gentleman was
encountered, and the subject again
came up.
Il have been unable to fud anyone
connected with the sisf Who hes ever
been guilty Of . penonsl affair with
Rogers, and the plea must have orig.
insted solely In his imsgina iop," eI.
plaiued Il e reporter
"Wouldh'f be surprised" WIS the
response. "But, even were IL the 10.
suit 81 personal ieeliDg,the end eouehi
Is . laudable one. There 10 q broad
field for improvement In the Squares
APPEARANCE, and, TO be brought, about
money n net be spent and Q man o.
artistic tastes plsced In charge. tt
begin the work, q sufficiently large
fund 10 ahe,dy In sigh', and, oncs
star cd, = luther smouBt wou,d bs
. cneeriully forthcoming TO COM lete II
, Tue possibilities iJr beauty In the liz
tie park are almost unlimited, anC
even II II took $4,000, with $500 {
year TO maintain Il aiteTFGrd, there Il
D not q citzsn OF Aemphio who woulC
n kick. Rather would they praise th,
policy which Effected II. l do no
think Tor q moment that the preeen
= keeper, II given decade and ampl,
v funds TO bring about the change
could do 30, became Providence hAl
!, not eiveu him tue Artistic tatte, jude
ment or capacity. Cjl. Montgomery
' who has displayed his abilities in or
\ nsmsnting his hons lot, and Col. X
+. Patterson, whose we'll defined idea
A OF beauty are we'll known, earn
= estly advocated thu movement whicl
h resulted In the sale q the ieJce-th
. fret step togard redemption. TheI
! they manifested their good faith b,
A rails. ny Subscriptions 10 the amount o
nearly 500 10 catTy forward tn
a work IL strikes me tbsl the Council
A would do n wise thing to place th
: whole matter In their nands 10 a super
A intending committee. with Toll powe
n TO set. Both gentlemen are publ
A spirited, deeply imbued with tbs com
A mendsble ambition 10 zee the worl
o carried through, and would not do
/. cline"
y "What would tho city do will
!. Rogers in that svsn,7"
|. swell, l don't SEQ that the city
n called upon 10 do anytbing moro 70
a him than aoy other citizen. I've n
a otisc.ion 10 his being gwen Q bert
q In SONS other department, II there
"A an opening aud he Ia capable Of al
a ing II; but that the obligation OF offic
n stiachts TO him more than any othe
Al man, II would require q woeiul slretcl
A Of Imagination 10 insist. He 10 robust
!, muscular and healthy, and capable Q
4 looking out for himself II not, thel
a he Ia unfit 10 preside over the SQUARE
a Tho question OF individual disposition
!, does not enter. What the peopl
a want and insist upon 10 q equar
~ n..lIIal.l. A. n.. Lima All n.nul.